{"product_id":"only-here-only-now-2","title":"Only Here, Only Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the McKitterick Prize 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRunner up for the  the ADCI Literary Prize  2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Absolutely loved this. Funny and heartbreaking in equal measure'\u003cbr\u003eDOUGLAS STUART\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Glorious . . . so unusual, so moving, so memorable'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tom Newlands may make several prize lists for his stunning debut'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This isn't just a great first novel; it's a great novel. And Cora, the mad, chaotic, wise, funny narrator, is one of the great characters'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRODDY DOYLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's not every day you read a modern classic. But this feels destined to become one. A thunderous achievement'\u003cbr\u003eNATHAN FILER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFife, in the blazing hot summer of 1994. Cora Mowat's mates don't understand her, but then Cora Mowat doesn't understand herself. She's stuck on a seaside council estate full of dafties, old folk and seagulls, with a thousand dreams and a restless brain that won't behave. She's dying to escape but unsure of what the future holds - if it holds anything at all for a girl like her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her Mam's new boyfriend moves in, tensions rise in their tiny house. Gunner means well, but he's dodgy - a shaven-headed shoplifter with more than a few secrets stashed under the bed. As their attempts to forge a makeshift family unravel, Cora rails against her small-town existence in search of love, acceptance and a path to something good. But sometimes you can't move forward until you find your way back . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extraordinary debut, drawn from life but written with riotous imagination, Tom Newlands explores what it means to come of age in a forgotten corner of Scotland and dream of a life that feels out of reach. Vibrant, lyrical and fiercely funny, \u003ci\u003eOnly Here, Only Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about poverty, identity and family that shines with hope and resilience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fantastic debut novel . . . it's a corker'\u003cbr\u003eKATHY BURKE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eOnly Here, Only Now\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of an urgent and unique new voice'\u003cbr\u003eDAVID PEACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Cora Mowat is a feisty, Impulse-drenched, Lilt-blooded smasher of a main character and Tom Newland's prose is fierce and tender, taking us straight to the thudding heart of Cora's chaotic life'\u003cbr\u003eVICTORIA MACKENZIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tom Newlands is the real thing. His story will change you'\u003cbr\u003eMICHAEL SHEEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, truthful, heartbreaking yet hopeful'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIE GODFREY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54411192926552,"sku":"9781399607919","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781399607919_8180785d-7b8a-4bc0-aff5-33721e3e8880.jpg?v=1777900544","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/only-here-only-now-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}